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A Treasury of Royal Scandals
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Michael Farquhar's A Treasury Of...: Book 1

A Treasury of Royal Scandals (2001) (edit title/settings)

The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors

by Michael Farquhar (Author) (edit contributors)

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From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes... read more

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The twentieth century was a slaughterhouse for European monarchy.

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Introduction

Family Trees:
The Normans
The Angevins
Houses of Lancaster and York
House of Tudor
House of Stuart
House of Hanover
House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor
House of Valois
House of Bourbon
House of Romanov
The Spanish Habsburgs

Part I: Lust Emperors
1. From Russia with Lots of Love
2. French Kiss
3. England Swings

Part II: Six Royals Sinning
1. Envy: If Anyone Should Oppose This Union
2. Pride: Here Comes the Sun King
3. Wrath: Have an Ice Day
4. Gluttony: Eat, Drink, and Be Mocked
5. Covetousness: Hail Mary, Full of Greed
6. Sloth: An Idle Mind Is the Duchess's Playground

Part III: Unholy Matrimony
1. Mad About You
2. Until Divorce or Decapitation Do Us Part (in Six Sections)
3. Head Over a Heel
4. A Wedding! Let's Celibate!
5. Wails From the Vienna Wood
6. A Marriage Made in Hell

Part IV: Mom was a Monster, Pop was a Weasel
1. How to Make a Bloody Mary
2. Jane Grey's Blues
3. Hun, I Shrunk the Kid
4. Peter the Not-So-Hot
5. We Are Not Abused. We Are Abusive.

Part V: Royal Family Feud
1. The Royal Raptors
2. Crown of Thorns
3. Trouble in the House of Tudor
4. Shattered Sorority
5. Dislike Father, Dislike Son
6. In-Laws on the Outs
7. The Battling Bonapartes

Part VI: Strange Reigns
1. Temper, Temper
2. Swimming in a Shallow Gene Pool
3. The Belle of Versailles
4. A Great Mind is a Terrible Thing
5. Drool Britannia
6. The Law is an Ass
7. The Eyes Have It

Part VII: When in Rome
1. The Rage of Tiberius
2. Oh, God!
3. I Claudius, Aren't I?
4. A Son Should Love His Mother, But. . .
5. The Year of Living Dangerously

Part VIII: Papal Vice
1. Not So Dear John
2. A Matter of Grave Consequence
3. Her Holiness?
4. King of Kings
5. Innocent Proven Guilty
6. Feel the Burn
7. Papal Bully
8. Will the Real Pope Please Rise?
9. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
10. All the Holiness Money Can Buy
11. Indulge Me If You Will
12. In the Ghetto

Part IX: Death Be Not Dignified
1. A Tight Squeeze
2. A Royal Pain in the Ass
3. Spinning in Her Grave
4. Strike Three
5. Prescription for Disaster
6. A Look of Detachment
7. Eat Your Heart Out
8. Royal Flush
9. A Lot Off the Top
10. The Case of the Purloined Penis
11. Extreme Overkill
12. It's Not Nice to Kill the King

Appendix I: British Monarchs (1066-present)

Appendix II: French Monarchs (1515-1814)

Appendix III: Russian Monarchs (1682-1917)

Appendix IV: Timeline Featuring a Chronological Index of Monarchs in the Treasury and Concurrent Events in the Western World

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Acknowledgements

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This is book 1 of 4 in Michael Farquhar's A Treasury Of.... (standard series)

Followed by A Treasury of Great American Scandals.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Farquhar (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0739420259
Page Count: 323

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  • Library of Congress: D107 .F32 2001
  • Dewey: 920.02

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